The Story of Reality Study Guide
The Story of Reality Study Guide

Author: Gregory Koukl

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 2020-12-22

Total Pages: 131

ISBN-13: 0310100801

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Study the narrative backbone of the Christian story and how all the plotlines of that story are resolved in the end. Biblical Christianity is more than just another private religious view. It's more than just a personal relationship with God or a source of moral teaching. Christianity is a picture of reality. It explains why the world is the way it is. When the pieces of this puzzle are properly assembled, we see the big picture clearly. This six-session, video-based study guide (DVD/streaming video sold separately)—based on the theological observations of his book, The Story of Reality—Gregory Koukl guides you and your group through the narrative arc of reality. Throughout this experience, you'll learn: The vital answer to the question: What is Christianity? The five basic elements forming the plotline of the entire Christian story. How the Christian story explains why there's evil in the world. The precise reason why Jesus is the only way of salvation. Why biblical faith is not a leap of wishful thinking. Reasons why the story's record of the life and resurrection of Jesus is reliable. How the biblical view of reality is the best explanation for the way things are. This video-based study is designed to be experienced in a group setting or any small gathering and includes outlines of the video teachings, reflections, self-assessment exercises, discussion questions, and other activities to help you understand the concepts and put them into practice. Participants in this course will come away with a more grounded understanding of biblical reality and a greater appreciation for the Christian tradition. The Story of Reality Video Study (9780310100751) sold separately.

It's Not Supposed to Be This Way Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video
It's Not Supposed to Be This Way Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video

Author: Lysa TerKeurst

Publisher: HarperChristian Resources

Published: 2022-09-13

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 0310146720

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In this six-session video Bible study (streaming included), New York Times bestselling author Lysa TerKeurst offers a safe place to share your disappointments, fresh biblical insight to get you through painful situations, and life-giving perspectives for living between Eden and eternity. Life often looks very different than we hoped or expected. Some events may simply catch us off guard for a moment, but others shatter us completely. At times like these, it's easy to feel disappointed and disillusioned and to wonder about the reality of God's goodness. So what do you do when God's timing seems questionable, his lack of intervention hurtful, and his promises doubtful? Lysa understands this deeply. But she's also discovered that our disappointments can be the divine appointments our souls need to radically encounter God. In this video Bible study, Lysa invites small groups and individuals into her own journey of faith. With vulnerability and honest humor, she helps us: Learn how to better process unmet expectations and other painful situations. Train ourselves to recognize the three strategies of the enemy so we can stand strong and persevere through unsettling relationships and uncertain outcomes. Discover the secret of remaining trustful when God seems to give us more than we can handle. Shift our suspicion that God is cruel or unfair to the biblical assurance that God is protecting and preparing us for what's next. Know how to encourage a friend and help her navigate hard realities with real help from God's truth. This study guide has everything you need for a full Bible study experience, including: The study guide itself--with group discussion prompts, activities, personal Bible study, video notes, and a leader's guide. An individual access code to stream all six video sessions online (DVD also available separately). Sessions and video run times: The Birthplace of Disappointment (27:30) Living Between Two Gardens (18:00) Problems Placed on Us and Problems Within Us (18:00) The Four Steps of Restoration (15:00) When the Enemy Comes Against Us (16:00) Kingdom Minded, Eternally Focused (21:00) Watch on any device! Streaming video access code included. Access code subject to expiration after 12/31/2027. Code may be redeemed only by the recipient of this package. Code may not be transferred or sold separately from this package. Internet connection required. Void where prohibited, taxed, or restricted by law. Additional offer details inside.

Restoration Road Session 1 Participant Guide
Restoration Road Session 1 Participant Guide

Author: Sherri L. Watt

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2013-07

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 9781484821312

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In the Bible, Jesus is referred to as the Living Word of God. When you open up your Bible and begin to study what it says, Jesus Himself begins to talk through it. The Word of God is living; it gives life to our spirit. In this Participant Guide start each day by beginning your time with Bible study so you can feed your spirit and mind. After your Bible study time, you will spend some time journaling about your day, what you're feeling, what you're thinking about and what's bothering you. Also included in your participant guide is a overview worksheet and any additional information used for the weekly lesson. The overview will guide you through the lesson as your teacher elaborates on the information.

The Story Bible Study Guide
The Story Bible Study Guide

Author: Randy Frazee

Publisher: HarperChristian Resources

Published: 2016-08-09

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 031008444X

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The Story group Bible study provides groups of all sizes the opportunity to discuss and apply what they experience during the 31-week The Story church campaign. To understand the Bible, says Frazee, you need bifocal lenses, because two perspectives are involved. The Lower Story, our story, is actually many stories of men and women interacting with God in the daily course of life. The Upper Story is God’s story, the tale of his great, overarching purpose that puts the individual stories together like panels in one unified mural. In 31 sessions, The Story video-based group study opens your eyes to God’s master plan unfolding in the lives of the Bible’s characters and in your own life. Discover the heart of God’s Upper Story, and the joy that comes as you align your story with God’s. The Story Study Guide and DVD (sold separately) are designed for use by groups of all sizes, including small groups and Sunday school and adult education classes. Designed for use with The Story Adult Curriculum Study DVD (9780310329527) sold separately.

Practice Resurrection Study Guide
Practice Resurrection Study Guide

Author: Eugene H. Peterson

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2010-05-17

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 1467441368

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Though bringing people to new birth in Christ through evangelism is essential, says Peterson, isn't it obvious that growth in Christ is equally essential? Yet the American church does not treat Christian growth and character formation with equivalent urgency. We are generally uneasy with the quiet, obscure conditions in which growth takes place, and building maturity in Christ too often gets relegated to footnote status in the text of our lives. In Practice Resurrection Peterson brings the voice of Scripture -- especially Paul's letter to the Ephesians -- and the voice of the contemporary Christian congregation together to unpack what it means to fully grow up "to the stature of Christ." Peterson's robust discussion will move readers to restore transformed Christian character to the center of their lives. This helpful study guide is designed to enable small groups in schools or churches -- or even individuals -- to delve deeper into the timely wisdom of Practice Resurrection: A Conversation on Growing Up in Christ. Peter Santucci here breaks up Peterson's book into thirteen "sessions," each of which contains a summary, select quotes to consider, questions for interaction, and a prayer drawn from the text of Ephesians that is covered in the corresponding book chapter.

Verse Mapping Luke Bible Study Guide
Verse Mapping Luke Bible Study Guide

Author: Kristy Cambron

Publisher: HarperChristian Resources

Published: 2018-05-08

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 0310089905

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In this six-session video Bible study (DVD/digital video sold separately), Kristy Cambron invites you on a journey through the Gospel of Luke using a technique that revolutionized her time with God–Verse Mapping. If you have a deep desire to unpack the meaning of the Scriptures you’re reading but you want to do it in a simple way–then verse mapping is for you. Verse mapping includes Hebrew/Greek word studies, finding connections in Scripture, comparing Bible translations, and learning as much as you can from your time with the Holy Spirit. And it’s even better when you do it with others as a group. Simply put, verse mapping is getting real about studying Scripture. More than just reading a verse or passage, it’s about researching everything you can about what you’ve read to learn more about who God is and how He speaks into your life through His Word. What if there were no barriers to your faith journey? Take a verse mapping journey through the Gospel of Luke and experience your own story road through Scripture! Sessions include: Intro: Verse Mapping 101 She Believed He Obeyed Washed Over Restored The Cry The Call Designed for use with Verse Mapping Luke Video Study 9780310089919 (sold separately).

Becoming a King Study Guide
Becoming a King Study Guide

Author: Morgan Snyder

Publisher: HarperChristian Resources

Published: 2020-06-16

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0310115256

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Enter a radical reconstruction of what we've learned to believe about God and masculinity. The Becoming A King Study Guide is an invitation to enter a rare and remarkable fellowship of like-hearted men. It's a call to have honest conversations about what power and responsibility look like for men in our world today. It's a journey to rediscover your kingship in Christ and the narrow path that leads to this inner transformation. In this six-session video Bible study, journey with Morgan into a process that helps men discover and recover: Our true courage Our vulnerability God's design and desire to empower us in his Kingdom. It is God's intention to entrust us to participate in the ongoing creativity of the universe. Yet, even a glance at our history and the world around us shows that the story of most men who are entrusted with power is a story of self-harm and harm of those under their care. What's gone wrong? When can you entrust a man with power as God intended? When we take a deeper look at the external problems around us, we begin to see that the problems lie rooted within our own souls. Despite that, there is hope. Curated and distilled over more than two decades, and mined from the lives of over seventy-five sages who have gone before us, Morgan shares what he discovered: an ancient and reliable path to restoring the heart of a man and becoming the kind of man who can wield power for good. This study includes video notes, group discussion questions, and between-session personal study for each session. Sessions include: Becoming Powerful Becoming a Son Becoming the Man You Were Born to Be Becoming a Generalist The Way of Becoming Becoming a King Designed for use with the Becoming a King Video Study (9780310115267), sold separately. Streaming video also available.

All Things New Study Guide
All Things New Study Guide

Author: John Eldredge

Publisher: HarperChristian Resources

Published: 2017-09-26

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 0310087643

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Most Christians miss the ultimate hope for their future because their views of heaven are vague, religious . . . and, frankly, boring. Hope begins when we understand that for the believer, noting is lost. Heaven is not an endless life of harp strumming and worship singing in the clouds. Rather, the life we long for – the paradise Adam and Eve knew – is precisely the life that is coming to us. And that life is coming soon. In this five-session study, John Eldredge explores the revolutionary idea that according to the Bible, heaven is not our eternal home – the New Earth is. Jesus said the next chapter of our story begins with “the renewal of all things” (Matthew 19:28), by which he meant the earth we love, ourselves, and all the things that make for a rich life: music, art, food, and laughter. God’s promise is that everything shall be renewed “when the world is made new.” Part devotional, part adventure story, part field manual, this study will help you see the glorious future coming to you and provide “hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure” (Hebrews 6:19). Ideal for individual or group use, this guide includes personal reflection questions, targeted excerpts from All Things New, a Big Ideas overview, small-group discussion questions, and group exercises. A leader’s guide is also included for those facilitating a group. Sessions include: The Hope of Renewal Creation Made New Your Story Told Rightly What We’ll Do in the New Earth The Power of Our Hope Designed for use with the All Things New Video Study (9780310087656).

I Am Restored Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video
I Am Restored Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video

Author: Lecrae Moore

Publisher: HarperChristian Resources

Published: 2021-06-29

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 0310133874

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None of us can outrun the wounds of our past. We can face our past willingly, or our live will force us to face it. But while digging into the deep corners of our souls and excavating our past is uncomfortable, this is where God makes a masterpiece out of our mess. Through this study, you can begin to take steps toward healing and restoration. This Study Guide includes: Individual access to four streaming video sessions Discussion questions, reflection questions, and biblical character studies Personal Bible study for between sessions A guide with best practices for leading groups Two-time GRAMMY winning hip-hop artist and bestselling author Lecrae inspires millions with his redemptive and gut-honest art. But when his personal life spun into chaos, he was forced to face the buried impact of unhealed wounds from his past. Along the way to restoration, he learned simple practices for lasting health and realized that the pain we all carry has the potential to be an unlikely guide to freedom for ourselves and others. In I Am Restored, Lecrae explains how his journey to restoration revealed: The importance of not normalizing traumatic circumstances The truth that God still loves us in spite of what we’ve done How not to turn people wounds into God wounds The suffering in suppression but freedom of confession How to take care of the mind, body, and soul that God has given us Life has a way of marring or damaging what you were created for. But God loves to restore. So make the decision to journey toward God and be what he has always intended you to be. Sessions include: Facing the Turmoil Confronting the Chaos Discovering Hope Walking in the Light Streaming video access code included. Access code subject to expiration after 12/31/2027. Code may be redeemed only by the recipient of this package. Code may not be transferred or sold separately from this package. Internet connection required. Void where prohibited, taxed, or restricted by law. Additional offer details inside.

Mysteries of the Messiah Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video
Mysteries of the Messiah Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video

Author: Rabbi Jason Sobel

Publisher: HarperChristian Resources

Published: 2022-10-11

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 0310147034

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Don't settle for half of the story! Discover the Jewish roots to the Christian faith. This study guide has everything you need for a full Bible study experience, including: The study guide itself—with discussion and reflection questions, Bible exploration, video notes, and a leader's guide. An individual access code to stream all six video sessions online (you don't need to buy a DVD!). Every page of the Old Testament reveals divine mysteries about Jesus, the Messiah. Only by understanding the Old Testament can Christians understand the complete picture of who God is, how he relates to us, and what he is doing today in the world. In this six-session video Bible study (video streaming included), walk with Messianic Rabbi Jason Sobel as he shows you how the Bible fits together as a whole to offer one complete picture of Jesus. In the Mysteries of the Messiah Bible study Rabbi Jason Sobel helps us to... Understand the Jewish roots of our faith and begin to see Jesus' life and ministry from a different perspective. See the signs everywhere in the Old Testament that point to the coming of the Messiah in the New Testament. Continue to dig and find mysteries and new discoveries hidden in God's Word. Sessions and video run times: Finding Jesus in the Story of Creation (22:00) Finding Jesus in the Story of the Patriarchs (22:00) Finding Jesus in the Story of Joseph and Judah (22:30) Finding Jesus in the Story of Moses (22:30) Finding Jesus in the Story of Ruth and Boaz (22:00) Finding Jesus in the Story of David (22:30) Watch on any device! Streaming video access code included. Access code subject to expiration after 12/31/2027. Code may be redeemed only by the recipient of this package. Code may not be transferred or sold separately from this package. Internet connection required. Void where prohibited, taxed, or restricted by law. Additional offer details inside.